Recently, I was diagnosed with AAADD. This is how it presents itself . . .
I decided to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide my car needs washing. . . As I start toward the garage, I noticed that there is mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier . . . I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table and notice that the can is full . . . So I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my checkbook off the table and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking earlier. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see now that the Coke is getting warm, so I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye . . . they need to be watered. I set the Coke down on the counter and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I'd better put them back on my desk, but first, I'm going to water the flowers . . .
I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly, I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs. . . but first . . . I'll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
1. The car isn't washed.
2. The bills aren't paid.
3. There's a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter.
4. The flowers don't have enough water.
5. There is still only one check in my checkbook.
6. I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long and I'm REALLY TIRED! I realize this is a serious problem and I'll try to get some help for it soon, but first . . . I'll think I'll check my emails. Do me a favor, will you? Tell everybody you know about this message, because I don't remember who I've told about it. Don't laugh! If this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!
